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The warmest places in Europe in December: ranked by average high temperature

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 20 °C in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in December: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (20 °C) , Limassol (17 °C) , Almería (17 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 8.3 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 20 °C 20 °C 16 °C 35 mm 6 298 h 21 °C
2 Limassol Cyprus 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 59 mm 8 262 h 20 °C
3 Almería Spain 17 °C 17 °C 9.0 °C 29 mm 4 267 h 16 °C
4 La Laguna Spain 17 °C 17 °C 14 °C 52 mm 8 294 h 21 °C
5 Nicosia Cyprus 17 °C 17 °C 9.1 °C 53 mm 8 257 h 19 °C
6 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 17 °C 17 °C 7.9 °C 80 mm 7 241 h 17 °C
7 Murcia Spain 16 °C 16 °C 6.2 °C 26 mm 4 250 h –
8 Valletta Malta 16 °C 16 °C 14 °C 70 mm 10 253 h 18 °C
9 Sevilla Spain 16 °C 16 °C 7.6 °C 76 mm 7 224 h –
10 Cartagena Spain 16 °C 16 °C 11 °C 25 mm 4 255 h 16 °C
11 Alicante Spain 16 °C 16 °C 9.0 °C 32 mm 5 248 h 16 °C
12 Gibraltar Gibraltar 16 °C 16 °C 11 °C 116 mm 10 245 h 17 °C
13 Málaga Spain 16 °C 16 °C 11 °C 69 mm 7 243 h 16 °C
14 Elche Spain 16 °C 16 °C 7.5 °C 23 mm 4 249 h 16 °C
15 Valencia Spain 15 °C 15 °C 7.8 °C 35 mm 5 237 h 16 °C
16 Marbella Spain 15 °C 15 °C 10 °C 115 mm 9 241 h 16 °C
17 Catania Italy 15 °C 15 °C 9.0 °C 66 mm 8 228 h 17 °C
18 Palermo Italy 15 °C 15 °C 10 °C 72 mm 11 237 h 17 °C
19 Palma Spain 15 °C 15 °C 11 °C 38 mm 6 242 h 17 °C
20 Córdoba Spain 15 °C 15 °C 6.0 °C 74 mm 7 222 h –
21 Messina Italy 15 °C 15 °C 10 °C 134 mm 15 229 h 17 °C
22 Castelló de la Plana Spain 15 °C 15 °C 7.4 °C 35 mm 5 234 h 16 °C
23 Lisbon Portugal 14 °C 14 °C 10 °C 79 mm 9 224 h 16 °C
24 Badajoz Spain 14 °C 14 °C 5.6 °C 59 mm 7 204 h –
25 Reggio Calabria Italy 14 °C 14 °C 8.6 °C 152 mm 15 229 h 17 °C
26 Porto Portugal 14 °C 14 °C 7.5 °C 171 mm 12 203 h 14 °C
27 Badalona Spain 13 °C 13 °C 5.6 °C 42 mm 6 227 h 15 °C
28 Taranto Italy 13 °C 13 °C 7.8 °C 66 mm 8 219 h 16 °C
29 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 13 °C 13 °C 6.1 °C 40 mm 5 226 h 15 °C
30 A Coruña Spain 13 °C 13 °C 8.3 °C 142 mm 14 181 h 14 °C
31 Athens Greece 13 °C 13 °C 7.0 °C 64 mm 8 210 h 17 °C
32 Bari Italy 13 °C 13 °C 8.6 °C 60 mm 9 209 h 15 °C
33 Vigo Spain 13 °C 13 °C 7.2 °C 224 mm 15 191 h 14 °C
34 Gijón Spain 13 °C 13 °C 6.8 °C 117 mm 14 195 h 14 °C
35 Naples Italy 13 °C 13 °C 7.0 °C 134 mm 12 204 h 17 °C
36 Granada Spain 13 °C 13 °C 3.3 °C 62 mm 8 244 h –
37 Pátra Greece 13 °C 13 °C 6.8 °C 132 mm 13 214 h 17 °C
38 Santander Spain 13 °C 13 °C 6.7 °C 114 mm 14 191 h 14 °C
39 Bilbao Spain 13 °C 13 °C 7.8 °C 106 mm 14 181 h 14 °C
40 Durrës Albania 13 °C 13 °C 8.1 °C 154 mm 13 211 h 16 °C
41 Braga Portugal 13 °C 13 °C 4.8 °C 206 mm 13 196 h –
42 Rome Italy 12 °C 12 °C 4.9 °C 92 mm 10 203 h –
43 Nice France 12 °C 12 °C 6.2 °C 83 mm 8 216 h 15 °C
44 Sabadell Spain 12 °C 12 °C 4.3 °C 40 mm 5 225 h 15 °C
45 Toulon France 12 °C 12 °C 7.2 °C 68 mm 7 217 h 15 °C
46 Monaco Monaco 12 °C 12 °C 6.3 °C 83 mm 8 216 h 15 °C
47 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 12 °C 12 °C 7.3 °C 142 mm 15 174 h 14 °C
48 Oviedo Spain 12 °C 12 °C 3.8 °C 104 mm 13 186 h 14 °C
49 Marseille France 12 °C 12 °C 6.3 °C 54 mm 7 220 h 15 °C
50 Tirana Albania 12 °C 12 °C 4.0 °C 137 mm 12 210 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

November: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 22 °C
  2. Limassol 22 °C
  3. Nicosia 21 °C
  4. Almería 20 °C
  5. Valletta 20 °C

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 °C
  2. Almería 16 °C
  3. Murcia 16 °C
  4. La Laguna 16 °C
  5. Jerez de la Frontera 16 °C

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in December, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.